Clothes-washing machine.



F. H. MQGUNE.

CLOTHES WASHING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED 001211 1912 1,133,732, Patented Mar.30,1915.

WITNESSES.-

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FRANK n. necmvn, or PORTLAND, OREGON.

CLOTHES-WASHING MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 30, 191 5..

Application filed October 11, 1912. Serial No. 725,350.

Be it known that I, FRANK H. MOGUNE, a citizen of the United'States,residing at Portland, in the county of Multnomah and State of Oregon,have invented a new and useful Clothes-'Washing Machine, of which thefollowingis the specification.

This invention relates to washing machines, and more particularly tothat class of machines employed in the washing of clothes or otherfabrics.

The primary object of my invention is to provide a machine which will besimple in construction, cheap of manufacture, which will provethoroughly el'iicient in practice, and which may be operated with butvery little exertion.

A further object of my invention is to provide a device for washingclothes or other cloth fabrics which is of such construction as tothoroughly cleanse the article with the least possible danger ofinjuring the fabric.

Other objects will appear hereinafter.

With these objects in view my invention consists in the arrangement of achamber in connection with a washing machine whereby the clothes orfabric to be cleansed will be held securely while a current of thecleansing fluid will be forced therethrough.

My invention further consists in the arrangement of a chamber havingforaminated upper and lower walls, a cylinder mounted above the upperwall and a piston mounted for reciprocation within said cylinder wherebywhen the said cylinder is re-- ciprocated, a current of the cleansingfluid will be forced in alternate directions through the fabric.

My invention still further consists in the arrangement of a chamberhaving foraminated upper and lower walls, the said walls being readilyseparable in order that the clothes may be placed in position before thecleansing operation, the said upper wall consisting of a plurality ofparallelly disposed bars mounted Within the flared end of asubstantially conical chamber, a cylinder in connection with saidconical chamber, a piston mounted for reciprocation Within saidcylinder, means for reciprocating said piston and the lowermost wallbeing provided with legs for spacing the same from the bottom of a tubwhereby the cleansing fluid will have free circulation upon operation ofthe piston.

My inventionstill further consists in the novel arrangement andcombination of parts, all as will be more fully described hereinafterand particularly pointed out in the claim.

My invention will be more readily understood with reference totheaccoinpanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a vertical section takenthrough a clothes washing machine constructed in accordance with myinvention, and Fig. 2 is a bottom plan view of the device illustrated inFig. 1.

Referring now more particularly to the drawings 1 represents generallythe chamber Within Which the clothes or fabric to be cleansed ispositioned. This chamber consists of upper and lower walls 2 and 3respectively, the vertical walls 4 being formed by the lowermost portionof the conical chamber 5. These upper and lower walls fluid to be usedin connection with this device may freely circulate about the clothes,

and to this end the said upper wall is formed of a plurality ofparallelly disposed bars or rods 6, secured at their opposite ends tothe inner surface of the conical chamber 5, and are arranged verticallya sufficient distance from the mouth of said conical chamber to provideample room for the clothes. In connection with the upper end of the saidconical chamber, and preferably as an integral part thereof, is acylinder 7 open at its lowermost end, and closed at its upper end by thecap 8, the said cylinder projecting into said conical chamber toterminate at its open end adjacent the bars 6 forming the upper wall ofthe clothes cleaning chamber. A piston 9 is arranged for reciprocationwithin the said cylinder, being provided with a piston rod 1.0projecting through an opening in the boss 11 upon the cap 8 to beconnected at its outer end as at 12 to an operating lever 13 pivotallysecured at 14 to a bracket member 15 extending upwardly from the cap orother part of the washing machine proper. A hand opening 16 isprovidedat the upper end of the said bracket member 15 in order that the devicemay be held rigid during the washing operation.

As briefly stated above, the lowermost Wall of the clothes chamber isalso foraminated, the said wall consisting of a plurality of bars 17,arranged to extend in opposite directions to each other and beingsecured at tub a distance sufficient to allow of free circulation ofwater to the chamber 1. In order that the whole of the strain incidentto the washing operation will not be directed to the legs 19, and to thebars 17, a plurality of supporting members 20 are arranged directlybeneath the said bars 17 to support the same, each being secured at oneend to a core 21 and radiating therefrom to be secured by bolts or othersecuring means 22 to the frame 18.

Itwill be obvious from this description that when the device issubmerged with the fabric tobe cleansed within the chamber 1 provided bythe upper and lower walls 2 and 3, reciprocations of the piston 9,through the lever 13 andpiston rod 10, will cause a current of water orcleansing fluid to be forced alternatelythrough the clothes. It willalso be obvious that when the cloth is so positioned within the chamberthe:

liability of injury thereto due to the reciprocations of the piston isobviated, as it is impossible during the suction stroke forthe V clothesto come in contact therewith by the arrangement of the bars 6 formingthe upper wall of the chamber 1. It will also be obvious that by thearrangement of the frame 18 P ded with the oppositely digposgd i l- 7 Ql QilQ iIlg-the lower wallof porting the barsj17, relieves the said barsand the legs 19 of the frame of a major portion of the strain, the saidstrain being assumed by the core 21th which the inner ends of thesupporting members are atac d- I r I claim: r

In a washing apparatus, a clothes sup- I porting device adapted to bepositioned within a tub and comprising acircular frame provided with aforaminated' body portion, legs on said frame adapted to restit upon thetub bottom for supporting the said' frame thereabove, a core disposedcentrally of and beneath said body portion and adapted to rest upon saidtub bottom, and

aplurality of rods each positioned beneath said body portion and securedat its opposite ends to said core and frame respectively for supportingsaid body portion, substantially as described. r V

Witnesses: V

GUSTAVE KoEPPE, V MARY SLATER.

FRAN K H. 'MoCUNE; o

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